MOSCOW --Russian President Vladimir Putin upped the stakes Tuesday in the battle over Ukraine's future, saying Moscow will buy $15 billion worth of Ukrainian government bonds and sharply cut the price of natural gas heading to its economically struggling neighbor.The announcements came after Putin held talks in Moscow with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who is facing massive protests at home for his decision to shelve a pact with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Moscow. Ukrainian demonstrators continue their protests against President Viktor Yanukovich, laying a pumpkin outside the Russian Embassy to symbolize the traditional Ukrainian method of rejecting a marriage, reports Reuters. "We brought a pumpkin as a symbol of refusal. A refusal to a proposed marriage with Russia. We are refusing that. We, as representatives of the Ukrainian women, have chosen the one we love. But we are being forced to marry somebody we don't love. And we brought a pumpkin to let it be understood that we refuse this marriage proposal," Alina, a protester, told Reuters.
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